A large, but little-used Hanford building has taken on a second life, smoothing the way for the challenging task of removing radioactive sludge from underwater containers near the Columbia River. The ...

RICHLAND — The Columbia River is safer this week after Hanford nuclear reservation workers removed the last of the highly radioactive sludge stored in underwater containers near it. The project came ...

The Columbia River is safer this week after Hanford nuclear reservation workers removed the last of the highly radioactive sludge stored in underwater containers near it. The project came in ahead of ...

Nine years of preparation paid off this week as Hanford workers moved the first of the highly radioactive sludge out of the K West Reactor Basin not far from the Columbia River. "The sludge is some of ...

Four 1,000-litre containers of diesel sludge dumped by the roadside in Co Monaghan have been removed by council workers and the local fire brigade. Two containers containing the toxic sludge were ...